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Q&A In an academic paper, who should be listed as the author of a community-authored document?

This answer follows the APA style, other styles may apply, without loss of generality. A possible workflow to resolve your problem would be, in order: 1. Check if there is a "how to cite" section...

posted 5y ago by _X_‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-18T21:34:24Z (over 4 years ago)
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#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:13:32Z (over 4 years ago)
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License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
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#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T12:13:32Z (over 4 years ago)
This answer follows the APA style, other styles may apply, without loss of generality.

A possible workflow to resolve your problem would be, in order:

# 1. Check if there is a "how to cite" section and copy it

This is often the case for most datasets, or for some documents.

# 2. Check if there is a licence

For Angular, it says: Copyright (c) 2010-2019 Google LLC. [http://angular.io/license](http://angular.io/license)

If you are copying the docs, even to a portion, you have to mention the licence (as stated in the licence itself) besides citing the source. In terms of citations, if you follow APA style:

> Google LLC. (2019). Angular Documentation. [http://angular.io](http://angular.io)

Note that Google as a corporation is a legal entity and could sue you, by the same measure it could be considered an author.

# 3. If none of the above, cite it in a way that makes both attribution and finding easy

E.g. following APA style

> Author/Rights-holder. (Year). Title (Version number) [Description of form]. http://

In the context of communities, the right-holder is usually the entity that own the space where the community is hosted, unless otherwise specified (in which case it would fall in one of the two categories above).

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## A note on links.

Permanent identifiers other than URLs, e.g. DOI, should have a preference as they refer to objects that are mirrored across the web, and in certain cases even printed and shelved. For entities with only URLs, the rule of thumb is to use a URL if it has a high chance of existing in the future, e.g. those of governmental bodies, large corporations, famous databases. For the rest, consider making a request for storing the portions of non-durable websites that are needed for your research, either as supplementary data, or as a durable timestamped mirror.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-06-19T22:22:05Z (almost 5 years ago)
Original score: 3